I miss you Sam!!

I miss you Sam!!

Sunday, April 28, 2013

A Bright Day on the Horizon!!!

After a sad and lonely week without my dear Sam Schnauzer, things have taken a turn for the better -- my son, Adam, has found me a new apartment in Portland and I will be moving there in two weeks!! It's comfortable and roomy and in a great area!! Needless to say, I'm delighted! The move couldn't come at a better time and will help me move on from the sadness of the past few weeks!!!

It will be a busy couple of weeks and I'll probably have to be offline for a day or two until I get settled, but I did want to share the good news with you today!!!

I also want to thank all of you for your wonderfully kind and thoughtful messages about Sam! They certainly made this very hurtful time more bearable!! I'll still be posting up until moving day and visiting as many of you as I can!! Have a wonderful week!!

I am so sorry about Sam. I cannot say that I know how it feels to loose a pet, but we did have to give away "Indy" our son's dog as he would just break up the leash and run in the neighbourhood looking for our son after he left for college.

Wonderful news about your newly-found apartment, Sylvia. I trust the preparation, packing and actual move will help you to heal from you sadness of losing Sam. I think of you every day. Kind regards Jo

It's always sad to be the one left behind. The tears, the memories and the smiles will linger for years to come tho, and that you have to look forward and beyond. I have you in my thoughts. Great news about the new apartment. Roomy is always good! And Sylvia, sorry I'm so late getting back to you. We had a busy weekend, so I wanted to let you know I enjoyed your colored glass shadows. The cobalt blue and ruby red is 'delicious'.

What Can I Say?

I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

Stop Hate Starting Here

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellowPerhaps if the sun’s tears would singagainst a white stone....

Such, such a yellowIs carried lightly ’way up high.It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye.

For seven weeks I’ve lived in herePenned up inside this ghetto.But I have found what I love here.The dandelions call to meAnd the white chestnut branches in the court.

Only I never saw another butterfly. That butterfly was the last one.Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.

Written by Pavel Friedman, June 4, 1942 Born in Prague on Jan. 7, 1921.Deported to the Terezin Concentration Camp on April 26, 1942. Died in Aushchwitzon Sept. 29, 1944.

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Chasing Ashes

I love to write and it has been a hobby for a long time. Mysteries were always my escape reading during some of the darker times of my life and I finally decided to give it a try. I've actually written seven over the years. Unfortunately, my last computer disaster resulted in my losing three of the latest four. I did manage to salvage this one.